Lavatory



w. w. KRQLOP 2,192,383

mvAToRY original Filed June 15, 195s [NVEN TUI?.

Patented Mar. 5, 1940 UNITED lSTATES PATENT OFFICE Showerway Company(Incorporated), Minneapolis, Minn., a corporation of Minnesota Refiledfor abandoned application Serial No.

85,231, June 15, 1936.

This application Decem.

ber 12` 133,8, Serial N0. 245,257

5 Claims.

`My invention relates to plumbing equipment and particularly tolavatories. This application is a rcfile of abandoned application SerialNumber 85,231, led June 15, 1936.

In rural schools` and other locations where pressure fed waterdistribution systems are not available, it is usually necessary to pumpand carry water by hand and hence it is highly desirable to use waterwith the utmost economy and, accordingly, to provide lavatoryfacilitiesv forcing, or at least encouraging, such economy. It is alsodesirable that such facilities be of such nature as to be convenient ofuse and to tend to remain clean and sanitary.

An object of my invention is to provide a combination lavatoryinherently tending toward economical and sanitary use of water andadapted for convenient and rapid use by adults and children of variousheights.

Another object is to provide such a lavatory having a bowl oi improvedshape.

Still kanother object is to provide such a .lavatory having storage anddispensing means for liquid soap and storage, dispensing and heatingmeans for water.

A still further object is to provide such a lava tory of sturdy,compact, inexpensive and readily portable construction.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be morefully set forth in the following descriptio-n made in connection withthek accompanying drawing, in which like reference characters refer tosimilar parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Fig, 1 is a front View of an embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a partially broken away, partially sectional side view, and

Fig. 3 is a side view of the water and liquid soap dispensing device ofmy lavatory.

Referring tothe drawing, my lavatory includes a cabinet or casing 4which serves as a supporting frame, and which is provided with legs 5 tomainy tain the same in upwardly spaced relation with a floor F.

A water containing tank or reservoir 6 and a liquid soap containing tankor reservoir 'l are built into the upper portion of the cabinet 4Q Thetanks i5 and I are respectively provided with filler necks 6a and 1a,ller neck caps 5b and 1h, and outlets tic and 1c.

A bowl 8 is provided consisting of a substantially spherical shell openin the forward portion of the upper hemisphere thereof and the upperpart of the forward portion of the lower hemilsphere thereof as shown.The bowl 8 isprovided with a flange 8a and is set into and secured in asuitable opening in the front side of the cabinet 4 as shown.

A water and liquid` soap dispensing device 9 is 5 mounted in an aperture8b in the upper portion of the bowl 8 with the water spray element 9a.and the operating push rod 9bV of the soap pump 9c projecting forwardlyand downwardly into the interior of the bowl 8. The liquid soap outlet10 means of the soap pump Sb, are closely adjacent the push-rod 9b andWill deliver a predetermined quantity of soap in response to each upwardand downward operating cycle of the push rod 9b. The water inlet 9d andsoap inlet 9e of the de- 15 Vice 9 are situated within the cabinet 4above and rearwardly of the top portion of the bowl 8. The water inlet9d is connected through a valve I0 and conduits II and IIa to the wateroutlet 8c of the water tank E. The soap inlet 9e is con- 20 nectedthrough aconduit I2 to the soap outlet Ic of the liquid soap tank 'I. lThe operating arm |00. of the valve Il) is connected by suitable meanssuch as the rod I3 to a suitable foot operated control element such asthe treadle I4 so that 26 the valve I0 may be opened and closed bysuitable movements of the control element I4. The treadle is pivotallyconnected at the end opposite the point of connection of the rod I3 toan element I4a which is mounted on a suitable station- 3o ary elementsuch as the floor F. Yieldable resilient means is provided for normallyholding the valve Il) in closed position. For this purpose a curved orarched flat spring l4b may be interposed between the treadle I4 andfloor F and se- 35 cured to the treadle I4 near the element I4a` bysuitable means such as the rivet I4c as shown. v

A drain outlet 8c in the lower portion of the bowl 8 has a waste pipe I5connected thereto, this pipe being adapted for discharging Waste water 0into a suitable receptacle or any other desired type of water receivingand disposal means.

A heat producing means I6, such as an ordinary portable kerosene burningroom heater is placed within the cabinet 4 behind the bowl 8 45 andbelow the water tank 6 for the purpose of heating the water W containedin the tank 6. A support I6a is provided for the heater I6 and, toprovide access to the. heater I6, the side of thev cabinet 4 may beprovided with a hinged door 4a. 50

As should be apparent from the drawing and the foregoing description, mylavatory comprises a complete compact unit adapted for use in placeswherein a supply of water under pressure is not available. Obviously thetanks 6 and 1 are to 55 be respectively lled with waterand liquid soapfor delivery to the hands of a user through the Water and soapdispensing device 9. The user may obtain soap by moving the push rod SbIupwardly with the palm of his hand and releasing the same, whereuponsoapv will be delivered into the palm. Then, responsive to pressure ofhis foot upon the treadle' I4, water will be sprayed upon his hands fromthe spray element 9a of the dispensing device.

bowl is situated at a height enabling easy access to the dispensingdevice 9 by small children, large children and adults may easilyreachthe devicevS and conveniently use the same.'

For sanitary reasons it is preferable to omit a plug or any otherclosure means for the bowl drain outlet 8c so that there will be notendency toward use of a pool of water in the bowl 8.

lvIy lavatory unit is readily portable'since all of the parts thereofare assembled in a single compact structure. i.

It is apparent that I have invented a novel, ecient, compact andsanitary lavatory unit which is economical in consumption of water andsoap and which may be used with great convenience by persons of variousheights.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made inthe form, details, proportions and arrangement of the parts withoutdeparting from the scope of my invention, which, generally stated,consists in a device capable of carrying out the objects above set forthand in the novel parts and combinations of parts disclosed and definedin the appended claims.`

What is claimed is: i

1. A lavatory having in combination, a large bowl inclined substantiallyfrom horizontal position and having a sump portion with drainage meansconnected therewith, a shower head mounted in the upper portion of saidbowl with the axis of its discharge directed substantially parallel witha plane defined bythe side edges of the bowl, and means for controllingdischarge from said shower head.

l2. In lavatory structure, a bowl, a'member mounted adjacent the upperportion of said bowl, said member having a water passage therein andhaving a water spray element constructed to direct water downwardly andoutwardly within the connes of said bowl, said member also deiiningtherein a soap passage and piston actuated soap dispensing meansdisposed in said member, the discharge of said soap dispensing meansbeing disposed in juxtaposition to said l spray element. The shape ofthe bowl 8 is such that when ther j 3. The structure set forth in claim2, said soap dispensing means including a plunger connected with saidpiston, the outer end of said plunger extending beyond said member injuxtaposition to said spray element for manipulation by the user.

4. vA lavatory having in combination, an upstanding casing, said casinghaving a forwardly protruding lower portion for supporting a bowl, abowl mounted in said casing and inclined substantially from thehorizontal, said bowl having a lower or sump portion provided with adrain, liquid discharging means at the upper portion of said bowldirected downwardly and outwardly substantially parallel with theinclined side edges of said bowl, soap discharging means adjacent saidliquid discharging means, and vmeans for controlling said liquiddischarging means.

5. A lavatory having in combination an upstanding casing provided with alower forwardly protruding portion adapted to support a bowl, a bowlmounted in said casing and having its rim disposed at an oblique angleto the horizontal, said bowl having a lower sump' portion provided witha drain, a member mounted in the upper portion of said bowl and defininga water passage, said member having a spray element con-A structed todirect water downwardly and outwardly within the confines of said bowl,said member also dening a soap passage and soap dispensing means mountedin said passage and having an actuating element extending beyond saidmember and in juxtaposition to said spray element.

WALTER W. KROLOP.

